Window screen



06L 1929- L. J. BARIBAULT 1,732,623

WINDOW SCREEN Filed May 14, 1927 Patented Oct. 22, 1929 UNITED STATESLUCIEN J. BARIBAULT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT WINDOW SCREEN Applicationfiled May 14, 1927. Serial No. 191,311.

This invention relates to an improvement in window-screens, andparticularly to cornerbraces for that class of Window-screens havingmetal frames.

The object of this invention is to provide, at a low cost formanufacture, an attractive and durable window-screen constructed withparticular reference to superior rigidity.

With this object in view, my invention con- 1e sists in a corner-bracefor window-screens and the like, comprising a body-portion; twodiverging arms extending outward at right angles from the saidbody-portion near the outer edges thereof and each adapted to fit 13within a hollow screen-rail; and a forwardly opening right-angle grooveformed in the inner corner of the brace and adapted to receive the endof a cloth-retaining moulding in each of its diverging reachesrespectively.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a broken view in elevation of one corner of a screenconstructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on the 33 line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a similar view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a broken longitudinal sectional view on the line 1-4. of Fig.1; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cornerbrace detached.

In the embodiment of my invention herein shown, I employ a c0rner-bracecomprising a body-portion which in exterior form substantially conformsto the shape of a horizontal hollow sheet-metal rail 11 and acorresponding vertical rail 12. The said bodymember is reduced in sizeso as to form two transverse abutment-shoulders 13 and 1 1 eX- tendingat a right angle with respect to each other and two arms 15 and 16extending outward from the said shoulders and adapted to respectivelyenter the interior of the sheetmetal rails 11 and 12 aforesaid. Each ofthe said rails is formed on its inner edge with a channel 17, into whichthe edges of the screencloth 18 are deflected, where they are held inplace by so-called moulding-strips 19, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.Formed in the said body-member 10 and aligned at its opposite ends withthe channels 17 of the rails 11 and 12, I locate a right anglemoulding-socket which receives the adjacent ends of the moulding-strips19, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

By preference, I secure the rails 11 and 12 to the arms 15 and 16 of thecorner-brace by soldering them in place thereon, so that the end of therail 11 and the abutment-shoulder 13 will be firmly united as will alsothe ends of the rail 112 and the abutment-shoulder 1 1. Thus, inaddition to the rigidity obtained by causing the arms 15 and 16 toextend into the interior of the rails 11 and 12, their ends are firmlyunited to the body-portion of the corner-brace. This construction I havefound to be much superior, in so far as a screen thus constructed willretain its rigidity, despite considerable abuse. By interposing thebodymember 10 between the ends of the rails 11 and 12, as shown, I avoidthe necessity of carefully mitering, into close union, the adjacent endsof the rails 11 and 12.

I claim:

A corner-brace for window-screens and the like, comprising abody-portion; two diverging arms extending outward at right angles fromthe said body-portion near the outer edges thereof and each adapted tofit within a hollow screen-rail; and a forwardly-opening right-anglegroove formed in the inner so corner of the brace and adapted to receivethe end of a cloth-retaining moulding in each of its diverging reachesrespectively.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

LUCIEN J. BARIBAULT.

